Why the Difference?

Gallup has released their poll on the “most religious” States vs. the “least religious” States. I am not fond of “religion” (words mean things), but I am very committed to Christianity. “Religion” is, in my opinion, man seeking God. Christianity is God seeking man. I know that doesn’t figure into the facts of the poll, but we can learn something here.

Something about the state’s culture, based partly on that state’s history, may be behind residents’ religiosity, Gallup suggests. “In other words, it can be hypothesized that a person moving to Mississippi [Editor’s note: Most religious] is more likely to become personally more religious than if that same person moved to Vermont [Editor’s note: Least religious],” Gallup officials write in a statement. (Yahoo News)

Again, I am not sure how one measures a “State’s culture,” but is likely that the reason more people profess religiosity in one State over another is because Christians (real Believers who are committed to the Truth of God’s Word) are evangelical. They are about the sharing of their faith in an attempt to discover those who God would call from death to life.

I regret that Texas is not in the “most religious” grouping. It would say something about those of us who are Called, Commissioned, and Empowered to be about the work of “mainstreaming” the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul spent the significant part of his life living so that others would hear, see, and understand his message: “No condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus, because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.” (Romans 8:1-2)

I would encourage you to consider this claim if you have not. And, if you have, share it with those around you. Who knows? You might see another life redeemed by the blood of Christ.

Texas might even move up in the polls.